Joseph and his family

• Pharaoh allowed Jacob and family to live in Goshen

• Honored guests of Egypt

• Goshen—New Home, good land

• Egypt—2 Kingdoms

Change in Egypt

• Jacob prospered

• population grew

• Egypt combines as 1 nation

• Foreigners are forced out

• Egypt prospered

• Tremendous power

• Time called the “New Kingdom”

• lasted hundreds of years

Time goes on…

• Joseph and generation dies out

• The pharaoh also died

• New pharaoh—new rules

• Israelites’ growth is a threat to the pharaoh

• Book of Exodus—Israelites become slaves

Life for the Israelites

• forced to build monuments & buildings

• worked long hours in fields

• not allowed to worship the one, true God

• lives became unbearable, cried out to God to be rescued from Egypt***

The Book of Exodus

• what happened to Joseph & family

• suffering of Israelites as slaves

• God carrying out plan to bring his people back to Canaan.

• Israelites a.k.a. the Hebrews

• God’s family still growing

• Mothers ordered to kill newborn sons

• Hebrew boys sentenced to a drowning death

A mother’s love

• Can’t let her son die

• Basket of Reeds, coated with tar

• Basket drifts

• Found by Pharaoh’s daughter

• Moses

Symbolism in the Moses Story

• Basket and Ark share the same Hebrew word.

• Moses was saved in a basket surrounded by water

• Noah was saved in an ark surrounded by water

• Christians are saved in the Church by the waters of Baptism

Moses as an Adult

• Visited the Hebrews

• Moses kills an Egyptian

• Moses flees to the desert of Midian

• The Burning Bush

God’s Message to Moses• This place was holy

• lead the Hebrew people out of slavery

• Moses questions God

• I am who am

• I AM -- Yahweh

• Yahweh—ever present to his people

• Adonai

The land of milk and honey

• God speaks to Moses again

• Tells elders of God’s concerns for them

• lead you out of Egypt to land of Canaanites

• Land of milk and honey***

Moses heads to Egypt

• Moses and Aaron

• “Let my people go”

• Pharaoh not impressed

• harder for the Hebrew Slaves

Hebrews begin to doubt…

• Blame Moses for their hardships

• Moses talks to God

• Hebrews don’t believe Moses

I need some help here!

The Ten Plagues

• the river of blood• frogs• gnats• flies• disease• boils• hail• locusts• darkness• death of first born

• 10 plagues symbolize the struggle between God and the Pharaoh

• Egyptian magicians

• Hebrews see God’s protection; faith strengthened

• Pharaoh considers letting them leave, but couldn’t

• Pharaoh is responsible for the suffering of the Egyptians

• The 10th Plague – the last straw***

Preparation for the Escape• Mark the door frames

with blood

• Bitter herbs/ unleavened bread

• Bread symbolized Israelites rush to escape

• The 10th plague—death of 1st born Egyptians

• Son of Pharaoh dies; animals too

Passover

• Jewish people celebrate the Passover meal each year

• called the Seder Meal

• God’s command that all

descendants observe the feast of Passover

Hebrews Ordered Out

• The pharaoh orders the Hebrews out

• The Exodus has begun

• Moses leads the people towards the Red Sea

• Column of Cloud by Day

• Column of Fire by Night

Pharaoh has a change of heart…• Sends his army to recapture

them

• Parting of the Red Sea

• Hebrews cross, Egyptians don’t

• Water is used to save the people

• Red Sea symbolizes saving waters of our baptism

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxnApK4O48